Senegal

Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament o ...

On 22 May 2026, President Faye fired his long-standing political ally Sonko as prime minister and dissolved his entire g ...

The speaker of Senegal's parliament, Ousmane Sonko, a powerful mentor-turned-rival to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, w ...

New prime minister

The new government formed by Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in defiance of his powerful sacked prime minister ...

Senegal's Past ...

Officially Abdoul ...

By turns prisoner, prime minister and now president of the National Assembly, Senegal's charismatic politician and champ ...

After months of public tensions, Senegal's president last week fired his prime minister and former ally, the charismatic ...

Senegal's National Assembly elected ousted prime minister Ousmane Sonko as its speaker Tuesday, in a move which could ch ...

The vote on Tuesday was boycotted by opposition lawmakers, who have said Sonko's return to parliament is illegal and acc ...

Senegal is mired in a deep